For good reasons, the attention has turned to look at the complete system when classifying the most energy-saving solution. Grundfos, a world-leading pump manufacturer with own production of motors, has now extended the IE5 motor range of MGE motors with integrated frequency converter to 11kW.

It can be easy to confuse it with condition monitoring but it differs in the way that condition monitoring tends to focus more on the alerting of the here and now state of the machine, identifying failure as it is happening. It’s great when you know what you’re looking for but often the failures that catch you out and lead to downtime are things that you never expected to see – your condition monitoring system then becomes next to useless.

This report describes a field test performed at Hallsta Paper Mill in Sweden using the newly developed SPM®HD method. The method has been applied to four twin wire presses from Andritz running at low speed. The approximate RPM range is 8 to 16. The field test started late April 2009 and is continuing to this day. To download the full case study by Tim Sundström, R&D, SPM Instrument AB, click below

Anyone who has ever been stranded at the roadside with a stationary car wouldhave to reluctantly acknowledge that a proactive maintenance plan is always betterthan a reactive remedy. However, finding the time and resources for regularservicing and health checks is not always simple. For production managers in anindustrial environment, the dilemma is particularly acute, since the consequences ofcritical machinery failure not only include the time and cost associated with repairsbut the grave prospect of production downtime.

“On the 25th of November, the Directive 2015/2193 was published “on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from medium combustion plants.” It will pass into UK Law on the 19th of December 2017. Referred to as The Medium Combustion Plant Directive or MCPD it plugs the gap between the Industrial Emissions Directive 2010/75/EU (the IED) and the “Eco Design” Directive 2009/125/EC.

Vopak Terminal Teesside plays an important role in the supply chains of Vopak’sdiverse range of customers. In addition to storage, specialised value addingservices such as heating, blending, dedicated systems, a vapour recovery unit,automated addivation and nitrogen blanketing are offered.

Hidrostal Ltd, the UK sales division of the renowned specialist pump manufacturer for the wastewater industry, has provided Anglian Water with a proven solution for a particularly problematic Sewage Treatment Works on the East Anglian Coast.

The Deragger II product has been successfully installed in multiple sitesthroughout Scottish Water to eliminate pump blockages caused by wet wipes andother non-dispersible products. No thorough tracking of the measurable benefitsother than blockage reduction have been taken. The purpose of this paper is todemonstrate the other measurable benefits of the product.

Last year, ROTRONIC AG celebrated its 50th anniversary! Founded originally for server cabinet systems, we have since gained a reputation for solutions involving relative humidity and temperature. Both in Switzerland and in the export marketplace.